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Explore the Diverse Art Scene of New Mexico! Dive into a variety of upcoming exhibitions across the state. From large-scale works to explorations of light and photography, there’s something for every artistic taste. Witness impressive, large-scale artworks or delve into the unique light of New Mexico through diverse artistic mediums. Expand your art adventure! Explore for exhibitions happening around New Mexico.


Exhibit/208 Presents:

Uncontrolled Burn

An exhibition of the encaustic (beeswax-based) paintings of Albuquerque artist Angela Berkson who has developed new and exciting ways of working with this wax-based medium. These new small-scaled colorful paintings really have to be seen in person to appreciate their delicate and engaging surface.

Uncontrolled Burn opens with a reception on Friday, November 8th, 5-8pm at Exhibit/208, 208 Broadway Blvd SE in Albuquerque. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, December 7th. angelaberkson.com.


Rio Grande Art Association Presents:

!Encantada! Annual Fine Art Show

An annual juried exhibition and sale of original paintings. The exhibition features both standard and small work paintings.

!Encantada! Annual Fine Art Show opens with a reception and awards ceremony on Friday, November 8th, 5:30-8:30pm in the Hispanic Arts Gallery at Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr NE in Albuquerque. The exhibition runs through Sunday, December 1st. rgaanm.org.


Richard Levy  Gallery has:

When the sky turned to dust

Featuring artist Sallie Scheufler, and an installation made up of intricate wheat weavings. The large-scale text piece explores the artist’s family connection to the Great Plains during and after the Dust Bowl, highlighting how settlers and capitalism have historically and currently contributed to climate change.

When the sky turned to dust will host a reception on Saturday, November 9th, 6-8pm at Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave SW in Albuquerque. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, December 7th. levygallery.com.


Pennies for the Homeless Presents:

Fashion with Compassion 2024

This year features an Arizona based designer, Ruby Farias who incorporates art and design in her work. Proceeds from the event go to New Mexico Veterans Integration Centers and Cuidando los Ninos. The goal of Pennies for the Homeless is to improve the quality of life for the homeless around us through community outreach and funding to programs that provide food, healthcare, and hope for a better future.

Fashion with Compassion 2024 on Sunday, November 10th, 2pm at Animante de Rondena, 733 Chavez Rd NW in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Information and tickets at penniesforthehomeless.org.


Tia Collection and Chatter has:

Illumination: A Collective Vision of Contemporary Photography

Showcasing ten renowned photographers, challenging the boundaries of the medium. The exhibition explores identity, power, and global issues.

Illumination: A Collective Vision of Contemporary Photography is on view through Friday, January 3rd in the Munoz Waxman Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Art, 1050 Old Pecos Trl in Santa Fe. www.chatterabq.org/chatter-x-tia.


Pastel Society of New Mexico has:

All Members Art Show 2024

Featuring almost 100 pastel landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.

All Members Art Show 2024 runs through Saturday, November 23rd at Weems Gallery, 5935 Wyoming Blvd NE in Albuquerque. weemsgallery.com.


Lapis Room has:

Mi Nuevo Mexico:  Catrina Ofrenda

Artist Luis Contreras features his many Catrinas, ten to be precise. They are all sculptures and he explored the Mexican Catrina through a New Mexico lens. There is also a collaborative work between Contreras and Chicano artist, Joshua Patterson.

Mi Nuevo Mexico:  Catrina Ofrenda is on view through Sunday, November 17th at Lapis Room, 303 Romero St in Old Town Albuquerque.   lapisroom.com.


Zane Bennett Contemporary Art has:

The Tyranny of Small Things

Featuring found image collages, mixed media paintings, and sculptures by Steven Campbell. Campbell has an eye for social commentary that he has developed over his nearly 40 year career as a fine art print publisher.

The Tyranny of Small Things runs through Saturday, January 18th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe. 

Boyhood

An exhibition of figurative paintings, lithographs, and etchings by artist and esteemed printmaker Joshua Orsburn. Orsburn highlights the divide between artists and art professionals, explores personal history & queer identity, and posits the making of art as a method of healing trauma.

Boyhood runs through Saturday, January 18th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe. Joshua Orsburn will discuss his exhibition on Saturday November 9th, 1-2pm.  zanebennettgallery.com.


New Mexico Art League has:

Beauty

A subjective and alluring topic: beauty. Created from the eye of the beholder; this exhibition will shine with over sixty New Mexico artists’ interpretations of what is beautiful.

Beauty runs through Tuesday, November 26th at New Mexico Art League, 3409 Juan Tabo Blvd NE in Albuquerque. newmexicoartleague.org.


Form & Concept has:

The Poetics of Growth

Featuring the work of  New Mexico based artist, writer, and teacher Jacks McNamara. Showcasing his signature ink-wash paintings on wood, this exhibition unveils a new iterative process of creation that uses abstract mark making and pattern language to explore the human relationship to seasons and natural cycles of growth.

The Poetics of Growth runs through Saturday, November 30th.

Heroes | Villains

An exhibition of papel picado works by Valerie Rangel. Papercuts of contentious characters hang suspended like windows into another realm. Each artwork unveils a truth about a controversial character or showcases the intricacies of paper as a medium.

Heroes | Villains runs through Saturday, November 30th at Form and Concept, 435 S Guadalupe in Santa Fe. formandconcept.center.


New Concept Gallery has:

Shared Visions

Artist Steven Jackson’s photography alongside artist Kathleen Jackson’s watercolor paintings showcase their interpretations of striking vistas discovered in New Mexico as well as Colorado seen on their back roads travel. 

Shared Visions  runs through Saturday, November 16th at New Concept Gallery, 610 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. newconceptgallery.com.


Gerald Peters Contemporary has:

Among Monsters

A group exhibition of artists whose works address and reinterpret mythological references. The thematic presentation will include paintings, sculptures, textiles, and works on paper from Nanibah Chacon, Esther Elia, Angelica Racquel, Gil Rocha, Peter Rogers, and Hank Saxe.

Among Monsters will run through Saturday, November 30th at Gerald Peters Contemporary, 1011 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. gpgallery.com.


Gallery with a Cause has:

The Architecture of Beauty

Featuring 350 works by 17 well-known NM artists. 40 % of each Art sale is tax deductible supporting patients of New Mexico Cancer Center in need while they are receiving treatment. Live music by Celtic duo Colleens and Lassies, food trucks, refreshments, and door prizes and a chance to vote for your favorite artist for the “People’s Choice Award.

The Architecture of Beauty runs through Friday, November 22nd at Gallery with a Cause inside the New Mexico Cancer Center, 4901 Lang Ave NE in Albuquerque. The exhibition is open by appointment. gallerywithacause.org.


Martinart Studios has:

Protest 2024!

Part of the Two Moons Exhibit series featuring Artivism, which is Artist Activism. Using critical thinking, Artists in this exhibit strive to make a difference and change the world. 54 artists and over 90 pieces of artwork.

Protest 2024! runs through December at Fusion, 708 1st St in Albuquerque. There will be an open house each Friday from 1-4pm and on view by appointment as well.  fusionnm.org.


Albuquerque Museum has:

Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, & Dialogue

Spanning almost the entire museum the exhibition features installations, sculpture, & video. A celebration of artists’ personal stories from over 20 contemporary artists.

Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, & Dialogue runs through Sunday, March 2nd at Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque.  albuquerquemuseum.org.


New Mexico Museum of Art has:

Saints & Santos:  Picturing the Holy in New Spain

An exhibition which speaks to the importance of saints in New Spain, a viceroyalty that was part of the Spanish Empire from 1521-1821 and included modern-day Mexico, Central America, and the US Southwest. 

Saints & Santos:  Picturing the Holy in New Spain runs through Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave in Santa Fe. museumfoundation.org.


Museum of Indian Arts & Culture has:

Driving the Market:  Award Winning Native Contemporary Art

Featuring the artwork of well known indigenous artists like Kathleen Wall from Jemez Pueblo, Dine artist Tony Abeyta, Diego Romero & Virgil Ortiz from Cochiti Pueblo amongst others. The show highlights artists from prestigious Native art markets. 

Driving the Market:  Award Winning Native Contemporary Art is on view through Saturday, January 18th at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe. indianartsandculture.org.


National Hispanic Cultural Center Visual Arts Museum has: 

Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest

Showcasing the vibrancy and ingenuity of the street art scenes in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, and Northern Mexico presenting artworks by artists who identify as Chicano/a/x, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and Native American.  The artists whose work is featured in the exhibition use the street as their medium to create graffiti and/or murals.  

Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest runs through Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 at the Visual Arts Museum at the NHCC, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. nhccnm.org.


Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Museum of Contemporary Art has:

Arctic Highways:  Unbounded Indigenous People

Featuring works by 12 indigenous artists from Scandinavia and North America. The artists tell the stories of native people who live in different countries but feel like kindred spirits. The work includes photography, handcrafts, sculpture, fine art, and videos.

Arctic Highways:  Unbounded Indigenous People runs through Sunday, March 2nd. iaia.edu.


Vladem Contemporary at the New Mexico Museum of Art has:

Off Center:  New Mexico Art 1970-2000

Featuring more than 125 works by New Mexico artists in recent decades. It is the first major showcase of artwork specifically from New Mexico as a whole. The exhibition will go through five partial rotations to capture as much of the theme and as many of the influential artists as possible.

Off Center:  New Mexico Art 1970-2000 runs through Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at Vladem Contemporary at the New Mexico Museum of Art, 404 Montezuma Ave in Santa Fe. nmartmuseum.org.


The Couse-Sharp Historic Site has:

Vecinos y Amigos:  Bert Greer Phillips and his Neighbors

Artist Bert Greer Phillips was one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists. He painted portraits of members of Taos Pueblo as well as people in the Hispanic community. For this exhibition much successful research was done in order the identify the models for his paintings.

Vecinos y Amigos:  Bert Greer Phillips and his Neighbors is on view in the Dean Porter Gallery of Lunder Research Center at Couse-Sharp Historic Site through February, 1338 Kit Carson Rd in Taos. couse-sharp.org.


The Georgia O’Keefe Museum has:

Artful Living:  Georgia O’Keefe & Modern Design

Dive deep into the interior design of O’Keefe’s home and studio. It was transformed by the artist into an artist’s sanctuary by circumventing regional norms.

Artful Living:  Georgia O’Keefe & Modern Design runs through Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at The Georgia O’Keefe Museum Welcome Center, 21120 U.S. 84 in Abiquiu. okeeffemuseum.org.


The Museum of International Folk Art has:

Amidst Cries from the Rubble:  Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine

An exploration of life in war-torn Ukraine through art featuring more than 60 works including a newly commissioned photographic series, “Wrapping Art-Art of Salvation” by photographer Marta Syrko. The exhibition presents a reflection on the enduring strength of the Ukrainian people. 

Amidst Cries from the Rubble:  Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine runs through Sunday, April 20th, 2025 at the Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe.  international folk art.org.


Harwood Museum of Art has:

Nicholas Herrera:  El Rito Santero

Master Santero, Nicholas Herrera started carving wood at the age of 12. His family settled northern New Mexico 6 generations ago. He mixes car parts, paint, and wood to create art in Northern New Mexico.

Nicholas Herrera:  El Rito Santero runs through Sunday, June 1st at Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St in Taos. harwoodmuseum.org.


National Hispanic Cultural Center has:

Rendered Presence:  Artistas de Nuevo Mexico 

The exhibition explores artworks by 13 artists, living and working throughout New Mexico including painters, photographers, artists working with textiles and other soft sculpture forms. Each artists explores identify and the self, art history, and the expanse of Hispanic, Chicano, & Latino contemporary art.

Rendered Presence:  Artistas de Nuevo Mexico is on display through Friday, July 25th at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. nhccnm.org.


Museum of International Folk Art has:

Between the Lines

An exhibition that aims to humanize the incarcerated by showcasing 200 pieces of artwork, multimedia pieces, and community events. The show consists of works from the museum’s collection as well as from the Penitentiary of New Mexico Inmate Craftsmanship & Trades Fair, a local prisoner’s rights organization.

Between the Lines is on view through Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 at Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe. internationalfolkart.org.


Palace of the Governors has:

Forks in the Road:  A Diner’s Guide to New Mexico

Featuring iconic eateries and the stories that go with them. The curators of the exhibition received more than 100 online nominations for which restaurants to showcase. 

Forks in the Road:  A Diner’s Guide to New Mexico is on view for the next two years through Sunday, September 20th, 2026 at the Palace of the Governors, 105 W Palace Ave in Santa Fe. nmhistorymuseum.org.